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Neil Albert
Dear Chris,
Thank you for your question. I had not thought about that when I wrote the book but several people have asked about a sequel or whether I would do something similar. The sequel question is the easy one--the big thing has happened to Angela and I think I left the reader with a clear sense of what her life is going to be. There is always a question about the real endpoint of a downgrade story; it seems to be inherent in the structure of the theme. I have great admiration for Belladonna's "Who's The Maid Now?" which you can find on Fictionmania; I used to think the story was incomplete but on further consideration I think she really did bring us to the end.
As far as whether I will write something similar, I honestly don't know. I primarily write detective novels and this was a way of breaking out of familiar territory; I am not sure that I would get the same sense of adventure from approaching the same subject again. But it was certainly a lot of fun and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you for your question. I had not thought about that when I wrote the book but several people have asked about a sequel or whether I would do something similar. The sequel question is the easy one--the big thing has happened to Angela and I think I left the reader with a clear sense of what her life is going to be. There is always a question about the real endpoint of a downgrade story; it seems to be inherent in the structure of the theme. I have great admiration for Belladonna's "Who's The Maid Now?" which you can find on Fictionmania; I used to think the story was incomplete but on further consideration I think she really did bring us to the end.
As far as whether I will write something similar, I honestly don't know. I primarily write detective novels and this was a way of breaking out of familiar territory; I am not sure that I would get the same sense of adventure from approaching the same subject again. But it was certainly a lot of fun and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Neil Albert
That's an easy one. Over the last thirty years I have gradually discovered that the people who raised me were not my biological parents. I was trafficked as an infant. I have located my birth parents but they are both dead--although I did find some great half-siblings along the way. I think I turned out better in some ways and worse in others. But the idea of the switched child and hidden paternity is something I have dealt with in two books now and it just might come up again before I lay down my pen for good.
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Jul 29, 2022 01:09PM
I am very flattered. I am told by people who read my detective novels that my style is very similar to the style in Angela's Path--the ironic hu ...more
Jul 29, 2022 01:38PM